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Sam Borinsky

3×3 · top 13.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023BORI01

Sam Borinsky has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.89, set at Super Duper San Diego 2024, puts him in the top 13.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,253rd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since January 2023, he has put 78 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.97 in January 2023 to 11.89, a 21% improvement. Sam has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.89
signature single · Super Duper San Diego 2024
78
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.8915.16
top 13.5%7,253 / 59,724
2×23.435.06
top 19.3%7,590 / 40,951
4×41:39.94
top 70.6%12,676 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed52.85
top 79.2%11,686 / 15,683
5×53:07.08
top 80.3%7,302 / 9,401
Square-11:12.32
early days — 2 solves6,083 / 6,743

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Cozy Cubing Poway 2023: 14.97UCSD Spring 2023: 13.17Westview Cubing Favorites 2023: 16.97UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 13.49UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 13.47Super Duper San Diego 2024: 11.8911.8916.9729 Jan 202328 Sep 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.